"Sed adhuc supersunt aliae superstitiones, quarum secreta pandenda sunt, ... ut et in istis profanis religionibus sciatis mortes esse hominum consecratas."
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But there are still other superstitions whose secrets must be revealed: ... to make you aware that in these pagan religions again it is the deaths of human beings that have been hallowed by worship. — De errore profanarum religionum, ch. 6, sec. 1. Translated by Clarence A. Forbes, The Error of the Pagan Religions (Newman Press, 1970) p. 54. Latin, without translation, in J. G. Frazer, The Golden Bough (1890) vol. 1, ch. 3, epigraph
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Julius Firmicus Maternus
Julius Firmicus Maternus (fl. c. 346 AD) was a a Roman Latin writer and astrologer. Manuscripts of this work identify him as "the younger" (iunior) or "the Sicilian" (Siculus).
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